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Merritt, Anna (Massey) Lea (1844-1930) (about) (art) (chron.)
• * A Letter to Artists: Especially Women Artists, (ar) Lippincott’s Magazine March 1900
• * Making a Garden, (ar) Lippincott’s Magazine March 1901
• * Suggestions for an Alpine and Marsh Garden, (ar) Lippincott’s Magazine November 1901
• * A Talk About Painting, (ar) St. Nicholas December 1884

Merritt, Bard A. (chron.)
• * Uncle Sam’s Fabulous Oil Lottery, (ar) Argosy April 1962

Merritt, Blanche G. (chron.)
• * The Grandmother’s Christmas Gifts, (ar) The Ladies’ Home Journal November 15 1910
• * What I See on Fifth Avenue, (ar) The Ladies’ Home Journal November 15 1910

Merritt, Byron (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Father Figure, (ss) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #6, April 2003
• * Interview—Brian Herbert, (iv) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #9, October/November 2003 [Ref. Brian Herbert]
• * Interview—Greg Bear, (iv) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #11, February/March 2004 [Ref. Greg Bear]
• * Interview—Gregory Maguire, (iv) Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #18, April/May 2005 [Ref. Gregory Maguire]

Merritt, Carl R. (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * The Dream House, (ss) Post Mortem #3, 2005

Merritt, Clifford H. (chron.)
• * The Blue Goblet’s Poison, (ss) Collier’s November 29 1913

Merritt, Connie (fl. 1960s)
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• * Editor: Line & Form Fall 1968

Merritt, Constance (chron.)
• * How Was It We Were Caught, (pm) Ploughshares Spring 2009

Merritt, Dixon (chron.)
• * A Most Accommodating Man, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine October 1916

Merritt, Eleanore (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * All Dark and Handsome, (ar) Woman’s Home Companion July 1947

Merritt, Ella Amlla (chron.)
• * Pearl and Poetry, (ar) The Tryout August 1918

Merritt, Ethel May (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * [letter], (lt) Clues Detective Stories April 1938

Merritt, Evan (chron.)
• * The Ten Minute Decade, (vi) Fantastic Collectibles Magazine #116, May 1993

Merritt, Gene (fl. 1950s)
_____, as told to
• * “I was a Narcotics Racketeer”, (ts) Saga April 1953

Merritt, General Wesley, U.S.A. (chron.)
• * The Army of the United States, (ar) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine #478, March 1890
• * Three Indian Campaigns, (ar) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine #479, April 1890

Merritt, George E. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * [letter from Elmira, NY], (lt) Astounding Science Fiction May 1944

Merritt, George F. (chron.)
• * The Railroad Alphabet, (ms) The Railroad Man’s Magazine May 1911

Merritt, Helen (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * If I Were King, (pm) The Royal Magazine #168, October 1912

Merritt, Helene Louise (fl. 1910s-1920s) (chron.)
• * Therese Is Busy, (ar) Saucy Stories May 15 1923
• Saucy Stories (UK) May 15 1923
• * What a Difference the War Will Make, (pm) The Quill July 16 1917

Merritt, James Douglas (chron.)
• * Eldritch Places, (ar) Expressions of Dread #2, Spring 1992

Merritt, John
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• * Editor:
  * ___ Dark Horizons, #19 - #22. (with Mike Chinn)

Merritt, Leonidas (chron.)
• * Some People Won’t Believe Their Eyes, (ss) The Open Road June 1923

Merritt, M. Fannie (chron.)
• * Legend of the Montecito Grapevine, (ss) Overland Monthly March 1922

Merritt, M. W. (fl. 1850s) (chron.)
• * The Winter’s Charms for Me, (pm) Peterson’s Magazine December 1858

Merritt, Magdalene (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * Open Thy Heart, (pm) The Springfield Republican
• Boston Sunday Globe Magazine May 13 1917

Merritt, Marion (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Give Love a Chance, (ss) Ideal Love Stories November 1954

Merritt, Maud (fl. 1930s-1940s) (chron.)
• * Bon Voyage, (pm) VerseCraft January/February 1933
• * The Broken Jug, (ss) All-Story Love Tales November 5 1938
• * Look Away! Look Away!, (ss) Redbook Magazine June 1940

Merritt, Melvin L. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Elmer’s Come-Back (with Maurice L. Kusell), (ss) Overland Monthly October 1932
• * [letter from Portland, OR], (lt) Astounding Science-Fiction Jan, Dec 1939

Merritt, Pearl K. (chron.)
• * Amateur Journalism Is Not Futile, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927
• * Edward Sherman Cole, (ar) The Tryout July 1918
• * The Heins’ Trio, (ar) The Tryout October 1920
• * Is Suicide Self-Murder?, (ar) The Vagrant #7, June 1918
• * A Mess in France, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927
• * More painstakking in amateur poetry, (ar) The Vagrant #11, November 1919
• * My treasures, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927
• * Patriotic verse or prose, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927
• * People As They Seem and Are, (ar) The Vagrant #6, November 1917
• * The Standard Christmas Story, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927
• * You never can tell, (ar) The Vagrant Spring 1927

Merritt, Peter (chron.)
• * Two Portraits, (ms) The Smart Set March 1920

Merritt, Randy (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * A Conversation with Jim Boulton, (iv) 108—Celebrating Baseball Summer 2007
• * Letter from the Editor, (ed) 108—Celebrating Baseball Sum 2006, Spr, Sum 2007
• * Reluctant Hero: A Conversation with Bob Feller, (ar) 108—Celebrating Baseball Summer 2006

Merritt, Sheila (fl. 1980s-2010s) (chron.)
• * The Innocents, (ar) The Blood Review October 1989
• * Merritt at the Movies, (mr) The Scream Factory #10, Autumn 1992
• * Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror, (br) Cyäegha #4, Spring 2011 [Ref. Richard L. Tierney]
• * Women and Horror, (ar) The Blood Review April 1990
• * Women and Horror (with Ruben Sosa Villegas), (ar) The Blood Review January 1990
• * Women of Mystery, (ar) Mystery Magazine July 1982
• * Zombies Up Close & Personal, (ar) The Scream Factory Presents: Night of the Living Dead 25th Anniversary Tribute ed. Bob Morrish, Peter Enfantino & John Scoleri, Deadline Press, 1993

Merritt, Stephanie (Jane) (1974- ); used pseudonym S. J. Parris (about)
_____, [ref.]
• * The Dead of Winter: The Three Giodano Bruno Novellas, S.J. Parris, Pegasus, $25.95 by Jon L. Breen, (br) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July/August 2021

Merritt, Stephen (chron.)
• * Some Famous Obsequies, (ar) Metropolitan Magazine July 1900

Merritt, Tift (chron.)
• * My Secret Sharer, (mm) Oxford American #100, Spring 2018

Merritt, Vandore (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * [letter], (lt) Clues November 1931

Merritt, Virginia (chron.)
• * Armor, (pm) The Saturday Evening Post January 27 1951
• * There Is One Thing, (pm) The Saturday Evening Post February 24 1951

Merritt, Warren C. (art) (chron.)
• * Big Timber, (pi) Railroad Magazine February 1939
• * The Fire Builder, (pi) Railroad Magazine October 1938
• * Freight Over the Rockies, (pi) Railroad Magazine January 1939
• * Opening the Gate, (pi) Railroad Magazine June 1942
• * Railroads in Wartime, (ar) Railroad Magazine June 1942
• * Service Stop for the Overnighter, (pi) Railroad Magazine October 1942
• * Wheeling the Fruit, (pi) Railroad Magazine July 1939
• * Workin’ on the Railroad, (ar) Railroad Magazine July 1942

Merritt, Wesley (chron.)
• * The United States Army, (ar) The Junior Munsey October 1900

Merritt, William (fl. 1990s) (chron.)
• * Ask the Agent, (cl) Futures #4 Aug/Sep, #5 Oct/Nov 1998

Merrivale, Lord
_____, [ref.]
• * Private Lives 28: The Sexton of Romance by Private Secretary, (ar) The Passing Show #28, October 1 1932

Merriweather, Jasper (chron.)
• * Motorcycle Mark; or, Rivals of the Wheel, (sl) Chicago Ledger Jul 15, Jul 22, Jul 29, Aug 12, Aug 19 1916

Merriweather, Magnus (chron.)
• * Royal Lowrie’s Last Year at St. Olave’s, (sl) Wide Awake Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun 1879
• * Royal Lowrie’s Last Year at St. Olave’s. Part II., (sl) Wide Awake Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1879
• * The Story of Honor Bright, (sl) Wide Awake Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun 1881

Merriwell, Margaret (fl. 1900s) (chron.)
• * A Spiritual Affinity, (ss) The Black Cat March 1904

Merron, Jeff (fl. 2000s) (chron.)
• * Attack of the Grasshopers, (ar) 108—Celebrating Baseball Spring 2007
• * Teammates: Mystery Man, (ar) 108—Celebrating Baseball Summer 2007
• * Teammates: So We Met Again, (ar) 108—Celebrating Baseball Spring 2007

Merrow, Gilbert (fl. 1960s) (chron.)
• * The Man Who Crossed the Road, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1962

Merrow, J. L. (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * Et in Orcadia, (ss) Icarus #15, Winter 2012/2013

Merrow, Scott (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * The Ghost of Billy the Kid, (ss) Mystery Weekly December 2016

Merry, Andrew (fl. 1890s-1900s) (chron.)
• * The Cambleford Hand of Death, (ss) The Royal Magazine #41, March 1902
• * The Folly of Albertina, (ss) The Idler April 1898
• * Her Ladyship’s Burglar, (ss) The Harmsworth Magazine February 1901
• * A Man with No Character, (ss) The Idler January 1898
• * The Solar Eclipse, (ss) The Ludgate December 1898

Merry, Christopher (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Space Modesty, (ss) The Storyteller ed. Dale Hammell, Soda Publications, 1979

Merry, Mary (fl. 1920s) (chron.)
• * “Must a Chorine Have a Past?”, (ss) Broadway Nights August 1929
• * Wising Up to the Game, (ss) Broadway Nights September 1929

Merry, Stephanie (fl. 2020s) (chron.)
• * Rowling Finds More Magic—In Her Attic, (ar) The Washington Post May 28 2020 [Ref. J. K. Rowling]

Merry, Tom; pseudonym of G. R. Samways (1895-1996) (chron.)
• * Getting Over Gussy! [St. Jim’s], (ss) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1935, 1934
• * Gussy Breaks the News! [St. Jim’s], (ss) The Magnet Library #558, October 19 1918
• * St. Jim’s Sidelights [St. Jim’s], (ms) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1925 1924, 1926 1925

Merry, Wayne (chron.)
• * We Conquered El Capitan (with Warren Harding), (ar) Argosy April 1959

Merryman, Kathleen D. (fl. 1970s) (chron.)
• * Ezra Portal’s Garden, (ss) Cthulhu Calls January 1975

Merryman, Mildred Plew (1892-1944) (chron.)
• * Abra Cadabra, (pm) Child Life January 1928
• * Bride and Groome, (pm) The Wave March 1924
• * The Browny and the Butterfly, (pm) Child Life January 1928
• * The Business Trip, (ms) Snappy Stories 2nd February 1920
• * Grass, (ss) The Tanager May 1932
• * Hot Sand, (ss) Earth February 1931
• * If I Were a One-Legged Pirate, (pm) Child Life January 1934
• * Moss, (ss) Commonweal January 29 1930
• * Old Lady, (ss) The Midland January/February 1929
• * Sonnet for Myself, (pm) Harper’s Magazine #997, June 1933
• * Three Old Men, (pm) The Smart Set May 1921
• * To Chicago at Night, (pm) The Wave October 1922
• * Twenty Little Raindrops, (pm) John Martin’s Book: The Child’s Magazine August 1929
• * Vacation, (ss) The Midland July/August 1930
• * Whirlwind, (pm) The Wave Christmas 1922

Merryn, Guy (chron.)
• * The Feud, (ss) Chums #1361, October 12 1918

Merrythorne, May (chron.)
• * Her Lover, (vi) The Home Treasury January 1900

Merryweather, E. (fl. 1910s)
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• * The Magic Powder, (ss) The Strand Magazine #278, February 1914; translated from the German.
• The Strand Magazine (US) #278, March 1914

Mersal, Iman (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * A Celebration, (pm) The Paris Review #197, Summer 2011; translated from the Arabic by Robyn Creswell.
• * An Essay on Children’s Games, (pm) The Paris Review #225, Summer 2018

Merser, Gertrude M. (chron.)
• * Nan’s Remittance Man, (ss) The Monthly Story Magazine December 1905
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• * Mesrour and His Princess by Victor Hugo, (ss) Short Stories August 1899

Mersereau, H. C. (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Killed in Action?, (vi) Fawcett’s Battle Stories #61, November 1932

Mersereau, Jacques (chron.)
• * Houses Along the Creative Front, (ar) Rob Wagner’s Script #484, November 19 1938
• * Houses Along the Front, (ar) Rob Wagner’s Script #478, October 8 1938

Mersereau, John (1898-1989) (about) (chron.)
• * As a Crow Flies, (ss) Short Stories December 25 1923
• Short Stories (UK) mid May 1924
• * Bad News Travels Fast, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine February 1934
• * Boston Baked, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine 2nd May 1929
• * The Brazen Autograph, (nv) Top-Notch Magazine June 1 1927
• * Bulldog, (ss) Short Stories April 10 1923
• * Chin, (ss) Short Stories January 25 1924
• Short Stories (UK) mid June 1924
• * Dangerous!, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine May 1928
• * The Dark Horse, (ss) Short Stories October 10 1922
• * Dead or Alive, (ss) West September 24 1927
• * Done with Dun, (ss) Western Story Magazine October 27 1923
• * Don Jim Collects, (ss) Short Stories March 25 1932
• All Star Western & Frontier Magazine August 1932
• * The Fadeaway, (ss) Short Stories April 25 1923
• * Gas Chamber, (ss) Trapped Detective Story Magazine June 1956
• * “Gentleman” Joe’s Litany, (ss) Detective Story Magazine August 19 1922
• Best Detective Magazine January 1932
• * Hard to Handle, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine August 1939
• * Hats Off to Caesar, (ss) Brief Stories November 1922
• * Heart o’ the Hurricane, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine May 1 1927
• The Novel Magazine #270, September 1927
• * In Self-Defense, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine January 1926
• * Jaws of the Desert (with Whitman Chambers), (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Oct 15, Nov 1, Nov 15, Dec 1, Dec 15 1923
• * The Jinx Goes Home, (ss) Short Stories May 25 1931
• Short Stories (UK) early October 1931
• * The Last Curse, (ss) Brief Stories June 1922
• * The Light Burners, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Apr 1 1928
• * The Little Details, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine December 1926
• * The Man from Maricopa, (sl) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Oct 1, Oct 15, Nov 1 1931
• * The Man from the Big Smokies, (ss)
• Western Winners January 1936
• * The Metal of Men, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine June 1927
• * Off the Westbound Freight, (ss) Cowboy Stories September 1934
• * Out of the Past, (ss) West July 14 1928
• * A Pause in the Journey, (ss) Saucy Stories May 1924
• Saucy Stories (UK) May 1924
• * Pawns in the Game, (na) Top-Notch Magazine June 15 1925
• * Pep Wanted, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine June 1 1926
• * Playing with Dynamite!, (ss) Fight Stories September 1928
• * Punch and Rudy, (nv) Argosy Allstory Weekly May 24 1924
• * Rats and Radios, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine December 1925
• * Settlin’ on the Lazy Katy, (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch October 1 1932
• * Sheriff Bill Speeds Up, (ss) Clues June 1934
• * The Stowaway, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine March 1926
• * The Stranger, (ss) The Blue Book Magazine September 1930
• * The Suicide Beat, (ss) Short Stories September 25 1931
• Short Stories (UK) early February 1932
• * Sure Enough Pizen, (ss) Top-Notch Magazine February 15 1927
• * The Swamp Master, (na) Top-Notch Magazine March 15 1927
• * Thunder Gorge (with Whitman Chambers), (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Aug 1, Aug 15, Sep 1, Sep 15, Oct 1 1923
• * To the Checkered Flag, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Sep 15, Oct 1, Oct 15, Nov 1, Nov 15, Dec 1 1924
• * Wanted!, (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine August 1 1932
• * Whispering Canyon, (sl) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 15, Mar 1, Mar 15, Apr 1, Apr 15, May 1 1925
• * White Man’s Grub, (ss) Western Story Magazine August 25 1923
• Western Winners August 1935
• * The Widow’s Might, (ss) Brief Stories July 1922
• * [untitled], (bg) Brief Stories July 1923

Mersey, Sidney (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Monologue of the Man from Mons, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine #229, January 1915

Mersky, Prince
_____, trans.
• * Danse Macabre by Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, (pm) Fantasy and Terror #10, 1987

Merson, Ben (fl. 1940s-1950s) (chron.)
• * The Anchor from Murmansk, (ss) Adventure April 1943
• Adventure (Canada) September 1943
• * The Beard of the Profit, (ss) Liberty September 29 1945
• * The Brandywine Bender, (ss) Collier’s December 9 1944
• * The Cross-up, (ss) Liberty September 4 1943
• * Fantastic Plastic, (??) Collier’s December 6 1952
• * He Lives by His Own Lights, (??) Collier’s September 20 1952
• * Herman the Sherman, (ss) Collier’s September 18 1943
• * Holm Was Ever Like This, (??) Collier’s April 28 1951
• * How Safe Is Your Food Now?, (??) Collier’s July 18 1953
• * How to Smuggle a Cow, (??) Collier’s February 7 1953
• * How Traffic Lights Cause Accidents, (??) Collier’s April 18 1953
• * Insurance Companies: What Do They Do with All That Money?, (??) Collier’s August 2 1952
• * In the Doghouse with Love, (ss) Liberty August 12 1944
• * I Tripped in My Father’s Footsteps, (ss) Bluebook July 1954
• * Jungle Jenny, (ar) Collier’s February 3 1951
• * Love Takes a Bough, (ss) Liberty June 21 1947
• * The Menace of Measles, (??) Collier’s May 17 1952
• * The Mental Rental, (ss) Liberty July 28 1945
• * The Minister, the Rabbi and Their House of God, (ar) Collier’s February 17 1951
• * Mr. Persistance, (??) Collier’s November 27 1943
• * Nobody Can Keep Up with This Jones, (??) Collier’s January 12 1952
• * Progress Report on the War Against Cancer, (??) Collier’s October 4 1952
• * The Quack Hack, (??) Collier’s January 20 1945
• * The Reverse English, (ss) Liberty February 26 1944
• * So He Won $140,000, (ar) Collier’s June 11 1954
• * Why Do Horses Wear Diapers?, (ar) Collier’s March 19 1954

Merson, Billy (fl. 1920s-1930s) (chron.)
• * Nobody Knew Them Then, (ar) Pearson’s Weekly #2388, May 2 1936
• * Stage Struck, (bg) The Sovereign and Regent Magazine Jul, Aug, Sep 1925

Merson, K. M. A. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * My Friend Lavinia, (ss) Britannia and Eve December 1942

Merson, Kitty (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Listen to Your Heart, (ss) Thrilling Love July 1939
• * To-Night Belongs to Me!, (ss) The Novel Magazine #346, January 1934

Mertens, Don (fl. 1930s) (chron.)
• * Build the Mertens Commercial, (ar) Flying Aces May 1936
• * Carve a “Solid” Westland “Lysander”, (ms) Flying Aces September 1939
• * The DC-5—Latest Douglas Transport, (ar) Flying Aces August 1939
• * Presenting a “Solid” Model Plan of the “Seafox”, (ar) Flying Aces June 1939
• * Try a Solid Model Northrop A-17, (ar) Flying Aces November 1936

Mertins, Sharon (fl. 2010s) (chron.)
• * If Ever Something Happens, (ss) The Cafe Irreal #62, May 2017

Merton, A. R. (fl. 1950s) (chron.)
• * Men at the Door, (hu) John Bull #2702, April 12 1958
• * Tidy Little Matter, (hu) John Bull #2700, March 29 1958

Merton, Andrew (chron.)
• * The Death of a Scholar, (pm) Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2010
• * Your Date with Death, (pm) Alaska Quarterly Review Spring/Summer 2010

Merton, Ann A. (fl. 1940s) (chron.)
• * Sentimental Interlude, (ss) Intimate Love Stories #3, 1948

Merton, Charles K. (chron.)
• * When You See a Man Drowning, (ar) The Penny Pictorial Magazine #8, July 29 1899

Merton, Frank (fl. 1850s) (chron.)
• * My First Billet Doux, (pm) Peterson’s Magazine December 1853

Merton, Gideon (chron.)
• * This Cutie Has Legs, (ss) Snappy Stories (UK) 1948

Merton, Holmes W. (chron.)
• * What Your Face Shows, (iv) National Brain Power April 1924

Merton, J. S. (chron.)
• * Men and Women of the Month, (cl) Metropolitan Magazine October 1895

Merton, John (fl. 1910s) (chron.)
• * The Race, (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller #305, March 6 1915

Merton, John (fl. 1960s) (art) (chron.)
• * Tahitian Lust, (ss) Pix v1 #2, 1963

Merton, Les (fl. 2010s) (about) (chron.)
• * The Empty Space Suit, (pm) Star*Line March/April 2010
• * Getting Laid, (pm) Shelter of Daylight #6, Summer 2011
• * Lyonesse, (pm) Star*Line January/March 2012
• * Men-an-Tol, (ar) Star*Line January/March 2011
• * Men-an-Tol, (pm) Star*Line January/March 2011
• * Menhiryon-Kernow, (pm) Star*Line January/March 2011
• * River Bed Discovery, Mars, (pm) Star*Line Winter 2014

Merton, Louise (chron.)
• * A Speedy Answer, (ss) The Golden Argosy March 7 1885

Merton, M. V. (chron.)
• * Ned, (ss) Peterson’s Magazine August 1890

Merton, Mary A. (chron.)
• * Grandma Hanley’s Experience, (ss) Ballou’s Dollar Monthly Magazine June 1862

Merton, Mary R.
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• * The Marble “Liberty”, (ss)
• Romance March 1893